Synergist Blog | AIHA Skip to Page Content
The AIHA Connect 2026 University Sale is live! Save 20% off select products May 28-June 5. Learn More
AIHA Logo
  • Catalyst
  • Find Consultants
  • Job Board
  • Marketplace
  • Merch Store
  • Member Dashboard
  • SIGN IN
Search
Join Now
  • About AIHA
    • Overview
    • Affiliates and Alliances
    • AIHFoundation (AIHF)
    • Awards and Honors
    • Communications Center
    • Guideline Foundation
    • Governance
    • Hamilton Club
    • Job Opportunities
    • Policies
    • Press Releases
    • Strategic Plan
    • Senior Leadership Team
    • Sponsorships and Advertising
  • Membership
    • Overview
    • Join AIHA
    • Catalyst
    • Member Center
    • Membership FAQ
    • Newsletters
    • Recruit Members
    • Renew Membership
  • Get Involved
    • Overview
    • Advancing OEHS Science and Practice
    • AIHA Content Development
    • Distinguished Lecturer Program
    • Government Relations & Advocacy
    • Grand Challenges
    • International Ambassador Program
    • Local Sections
    • Mentoring Program
    • Micro-Volunteering for AIHA
    • Open Calls
    • Outreach Center
    • Student Local Sections
    • Volunteer Committees' Bodies of Work
    • Volunteer Groups
  • AIHA University
    • Overview
    • AIHA Content Development
    • AIHA University Digital Catalog
    • AIHA University Supported Certifications and Registries
    • Apps and eTools Resource Center
    • Bodies of Work
    • Bookstore
    • Certificate Programs
    • Continuing Education Credits & Education Transcripts
    • EHS Generalist Resources
    • eLearning
    • eLearning Subscription
    • Face-to-Face Training
    • Virtual PDCs
    • Marketplace
    • Online Classroom
  • Events
    • Overview
    • AIHA Connect
    • Calendar of Events
    • Future Leaders Institute
    • Leadership Workshop
  • OEHS Careers
    • Overview
    • Career Advantage
    • Core Competencies
    • Discover IH
    • Future of OEHS 2025
    • IH Professional Pathway
  • OEHS Professionals
    • Overview
    • Affiliate Resources
    • Apps and eTools Resource Center
    • Best Practice Guide for Leading Health Metrics in OEHS Programs
    • Center for Safety & Health Sustainability
    • Core Competencies for the Practice of Industrial/Occupational Hygiene
    • Improving Exposure Judgments (IEJ)
    • Healthier Workplaces Video Podcast
    • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH)
    • Marketplace
    • Newsletters
    • Periodicals
    • Recursos en español
    • Resources for Academics
    • Resources for Global Affairs
    • The Synergist
    • Vendor Directory
  • Public Resources
    • Overview
    • AIHA Network
    • Commit to C.A.R.E.
    • Consultants Listing
    • Disaster Response Resource Center
    • Hazards by Industry Sector
    • Public Affairs
    • Publications
    • Spanish Resources
    • Vendor Directory
    • Workplace Hazards
Billboard placeholder

Synergist Blog

SynergistNOW, a blog created and delivered by the American Industrial Hygiene Association, offers ideas, insights, and perspectives on important topics affecting industrial and occupational hygiene professionals, written by and for experienced IH/OHs, researchers, academics, and AIHA leaders.​​

Get OHS Insights All The Time… Sign Up for our Free Blog Today!
Categories
  • Synergist Blog
    • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan
    • The Membership Experience
    • I Am IH
    • Dialogues
    • Serial
    • The Monthly Weekly
    • The Toolbox
    • Women in IH
    • AIHA University
    • Washington Insider
    • Essentials Series
    • AIHce EXP
March 26, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The Benefits of OHSMS Audits Start with Competent Auditors

The importance of an effective occupational health and safety management system cannot be overstated; in order to identify and address potential hazards in the workplace, employers and managers need competent auditors.
Learn More
March 19, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The ABC's of Flame-Resistant PPE

Building a PPE program that meets all safety requirements and your personal needs is not easy. But even the best PPE program in the world is ineffective without the proper implementation and training.
Learn More
March 17, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Money, Power, Congress, and the Presidency

To better understand how power, money, and influence flow in Washington, let’s explore a side of policymaking that receives little coverage in the media but has tremendous impacts on the lives of everyone associated with the U.S. government.
Learn More
March 12, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Strength in Numbers

AIHA has a long history of collaboration with allied organizations in pursuit of common goals. Recently, we’ve begun discussing potential partnerships with associations whose areas of focus converge with the work of AIHA’s technical committees.
Learn More
March 10, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Women in IH

An Equal World Is an Enabled World

March 8th was International Women’s Day. This year’s theme celebrated women’s achievements and encouraged us all to raise awareness of gender bias and take action to ensure a world of equality. The concept of gender bias stands out most for me.
Learn More
March 4, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Toolbox

Occupational Exposure Bands: A Reintroduction

Let me reintroduce a not-so-new tool to my fellow industrial hygienists: exposure banding. Occupational exposure banding is a heuristic for quickly assigning chemical substances to “bands” of exposure levels based on their associated health outcomes.
Learn More
March 3, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Dialogues,
  • AIHA University

Changes Ahead: Talking AIHce EXP 2020 With Bethany Chirico

We talked with Bethany Chirico, Managing Director for AIHA’s Global Meetings and Business Development, about the process that led to the new changes that AIHce EXP attendees can expect at the upcoming Atlanta conference. Here’s what she had to say.
Learn More
February 27, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

An Introduction to Total Worker Health

Have you ever heard members of your safety and health team talk about Total Worker Health (TWH)?
Learn More
February 25, 2020
  • Synergist Blog

Workplace Health and Safety at Nonprofits: Volunteers Needed

Shortly after I retired, I had time to help my favorite charity. I still saw the world through a professional safety and health lens, so I offered to help them improve workplace safety and health for their 900+ volunteers and 4 employees.
Learn More
February 20, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

Proud to Be an IH: The Virtue of Perseverance

As a now-retired EHS professional, I look back at the more than 20 years I was a practicing occupational health professional in the chemical manufacturing industry, and I ponder my impact on the lives and health of the people in those facilities.
Learn More
February 18, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

NIOSH Addresses Use (and Misuse) of Sensors

NIOSH is working to ensure the proper use of sensors through an initiative called “Right Sensors Used Right,” which is intended to promote the competent development, adoption, and interpretation of real-time monitors and direct-reading methodologies.
Learn More
February 13, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The Benefits of Understanding Safety Data Sheets for the Industrial Hygienist

As an industrial hygienist, have you considered the impact of the traceability of the safety data sheets (SDSs) you use to protect your workers? Is the author someone who has been recognized as an SDSRP, an expert in their field?
Learn More
  • <
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • >
AIHA Logo
AIHA

3120 Fairview Park Drive | Suite 360 | Falls Church, VA 22042 | +1 703-849-8888

  • Check us out on twitter.
  • Check us out on facebook.
  • Check us out on linked.
  • Check us out on youtube.
  • Check us out on instagram.
  • Partner 04
  • Partner AIHALA Pnew
  • PAT ProgramsR Logo Primary AIHA Blue 127x54
  • Partner 03
  • The Synergist Logo AIH Ablue
2026 — AIHA
  • Advertising/Sponsorships
  • AIHA Policies
  • Disclaimers
  • Contact AIHA
  • Feedback
  • Site Map